I am currently looking for ideas for a bimini or other coverage to protect for sun. I am looking for some thing that can be removed in rough weather.
hkohlman@icslogistics.com
Bimini for cape dory 30 ft Ketch
Moderator: Jim Walsh
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Olli Wendelin
Re: Bimini for cape dory 30 ft Ketch
This summer I made a new cockpit cover for my CD30 ketch. When I bought the boat it came with a canvas tarp with four battens sewn in it. You placed it over the mizzen boom and attached it to the lifelines with elastic shock cord. It provided good coverage but: 1) mizzen had to be secured 2) didn't extend far enough forward 3) hard to store.
The old cover became smoke damaged last winter and had to be replaced. The summer sun in Charleston requires some shade. I had made several bimini tops for other boats before, but the mizzen mast and ketch rig required some extra design effort. I laid out the design but didn't build it. Short of time and funds.
Instead I whipped up a small cover with some blue sunbrela I had around the house. It is about 62" wide and 83" long. The aft end has a sleeve for a PVC pipe. It attaches to the mizzen boom the same place where the mizzen sheet does. The aft corners attach to the stern pulpit with shock cord. The fwd corners attach to stays. There is a slot in the fwd end about 13" deep which laces around the mizzen mast. With this top I can raise the mizzen and still have a sun or rain cover. To gain extra headroom I no longer bring the mizzen sheet fwd and down the mizzen mast.
Hope this helps. For more details or questions send an e-mail or give me a call.
Olli Wendelin
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
843-762-2501
wendelin@spawar.navy.mil
The old cover became smoke damaged last winter and had to be replaced. The summer sun in Charleston requires some shade. I had made several bimini tops for other boats before, but the mizzen mast and ketch rig required some extra design effort. I laid out the design but didn't build it. Short of time and funds.
Instead I whipped up a small cover with some blue sunbrela I had around the house. It is about 62" wide and 83" long. The aft end has a sleeve for a PVC pipe. It attaches to the mizzen boom the same place where the mizzen sheet does. The aft corners attach to the stern pulpit with shock cord. The fwd corners attach to stays. There is a slot in the fwd end about 13" deep which laces around the mizzen mast. With this top I can raise the mizzen and still have a sun or rain cover. To gain extra headroom I no longer bring the mizzen sheet fwd and down the mizzen mast.
Hope this helps. For more details or questions send an e-mail or give me a call.
Olli Wendelin
BLUE MOON
Charleston, SC
843-762-2501
wendelin@spawar.navy.mil